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1. w. HELD. TICKET VENDER.

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Patente May 13, 1919 1. W. FIELD. TICKET VENDER.

APPLlCATIN FILED JAN. 2. 1 918.

1,303,278. Patenmd May 13, 1919.

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Y facon w. FIELD, or rEoEIA, ILLINOIS.,

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To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB FIELD, citiren` of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovenients in Ticket-Venders; `and I, i do hereby declare that the` followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v j

This invention relates to ticket Vend ers of that type wherein a ribbonof paper in the form of a series of separable tickets is arranged to bel positivelyl fed beneath a. window so that said tickets are discernibleone at a time and adapted to be projected from the vender in a position to be detached from the ribbon one by one.

One of the objects of the invention is toV it is contained a distance equal to the length of one of the tickets to a position where the tickets may be separated Yone by `one from the said ticket strip, andprovide means for preventing retrograde movement of the strip after having beeny moved by the ejecting means.

Besides the above objects the invention re? lates to certain details of' construction and arrangement of parts such as will be clearly n pointed out `hereinand l'orm the subject of certain of the appended claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, y

Figure l is 'a longitudinal` sectional elevation of a cabinet, showing a ticket reel and my invention used therewith. 1

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the front ofthe cabinet, part being shown in; section.`

Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion oi" the same. Fig. 4t shows, in perspective,= parts ,entering into the construction of my device.

Fig. 5 also shows, in perspective, certain parts of my said device. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of a part of the cabinet, on a greatly enlargedscale, showing my invention `attached thereto.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed January 2, 1918.` i Serial N o. l210,083.

Patented May 13, 1919.

Fig. 7 `is a front elevation of a part of the cabinet on a still larger scale.

Figs. 8 and 9 show a modification of a part for assisting in "preventing retrograde movement` of the ticket strip within the vender. i

My ticket venderconsists of one or more reels of tickets in the form of a ticket-strip, each ticket having designated thereon, said reel or reels of tickets being inclosed in a suitable cabinet, oneend of the` strip being adapted to be projected through an opening in the wall of the cabinet, a small window preferably the size of a ticket permitting the purchaser to view each ticket `before purchasing it'. The ticket strip is preferably punched at regular intervals to be engaged by a member for positively'moving the ticket strip one ticket at a time` from the cabinet, there being means to prevent `movement; of the ticket strip in a direction opposite that in which it is fed as will more readily appear from the following:

A represents the ,inclosure or cabinet of the vender and' B the lid or cover for the .same which may be secured thereto in any suitable manner. `Secured to the under side ofthelid or cover in any desired manner is a support for holding one or more reels of paper strip B which strip I term a ticketstrip. Said support `in the present instance consists, for convenience, of two menibens C, Fig. 2, having a connecting cross member D at their lower ends, which may rest upon the bottom of the cabinet, if desiredq` A shaft E extends through the support C for carrying the said reel `Beneaththe lid or cover B is a guide clearly shown in Fig. 4 by p character G. This may preferably be in the form of a U having extended flanges H at its longitudinal edges cured to the under side of said lid or cover. Extending longitudinally of the guide is a groove J created by depressing the metal of which the guide is formed and at the inner or rear terminus of the groove is a pointed tongue K struck up from the metal, the freeextremity of which is slightly raised and points in the direction of the front of the cabinet, see Fig. 5.

` Rearward .of the tongue K the guide is bent downwardly into the tongue L over which the ticket strip is adapted to be dra-wn. Lying upon and within the guide a specific article of sale adapted to be sethe reference 1 the margins of adjoining tickets as clearly shoWn-'iirFig 4; When one of the :perforations of the ticket strip reaches thetiigue K the pointof that membermust'neeessarily engage Vthe perforation between the 'tickets due toV the fact that the slide Y:holds the edges of the strip down VYupon the "guide each of the groove J While tlieinediali portion mustp'ass 'over Ithe tongue "at a higher elevation. This arches vvthe strip so that Whenla perforation comes 'oppesite tlie lid or cover to retain the said plate in posi` Vtonguefs'aid strip drops overth'e tongue, the

latter'engaging in thelperforatien. There?- lation'ofV the tongue and strip 'is shoivnfin VFigs. and 7." f f The forward-e1aiefthe 'einen furnished "with a dovvnwardly'bent tongiie adapted tomove 'Within the "groove J' of theguide `G- and consequently lit is in position toV engage the' ticket strip by enteringany 'one of the perforations thereof, see Figs. v2l and7.

Y The lid orcoverabove the Q,"uideCT is`V provided-With aslot Q, lying parallel to the ticket strip. A memberlt is secured v'to the slidefM and IeXtei'i'ds up through the described Vslot andv is provided ,with a :lingerpiece S. At the forivarcl'endfof thelidV or cover is an opening T covered by atraiisparent plate U'forining aivindoiv.. a suitable frame V being preferably "secured fupofn tlie The length of the slot Q is such 'asfto permit the slide "toniove a distance'substantially equal to orvslightly `more than the distance betiveentivo of tlieperforat-ions lin the ticket strip or adistance substantially equal to the length of a sitewide 'In moving the finger-piece S along lthe slotte eject va vticket Ythe tongue P 'of thefslidefnormally 'riding upon vthe ticket strip drops into 'one of the perforatioiis carrying y'said strip Vforward Vejecting one ticket tit/ each movement of said finger-'piece and slide. The limit of forward movement 'of 'the slide is shoivn in broken lines lin'Fig. 6, the finger-piece striking the 'frame V, vfor example, the ejected ticket being torn'ony'across the perforation at vthfej front of the cabinet, theY outer ends'of thefguide G 'or the dependingledge of the said frame V being'used as the tearing edge.

VThe slide is permitted vsufficient vertical movement, of course, to allouT its tongue l) to drop into a perforation in the ticket strip and 'ridev out l-of it 'as it is moved back and lof 'the Atioket strip will now beeng'a'ged by it so that when the slide is moved back to the normal position shown in unbroken lines, the friction between the tongue Pand said strip cannot result in carrying the strip back ivith it, the ticket just 'positioned beneath the vope'nii'ig T and its Window being permanent until the slide 'is again brought Vforward to eject it.

. In Figs. 8 :and 9 I show another forni'of device for preventing 'the retrograde vmovern'ent -of the 'ticket strip, Tha't isV to say, l show a member WV having a dowi'iturned portion forming an obtuse angle to that part of the vstrip forward of it provided with 'serrations 2. The opposite edge of lsaid mem-y ber is ymounted fon 'the under side of the guideG, for exai'ni'ile, the said serrxtions 2 projecting through Van openiiig '3 in said guide G 5to engage tlie under side `of the ticket stripand usiiigthe slide M as a backing and for receiving 4pressure 'of the ticket strip against it. aid member W 'may be of vspring inetal :fr providing the necessary pressure lon tlie-ticket'st'iip', 'or h, spring 4- s'liowl in Fig. S "maybe used for uccoin'pl ish ing the "same Iresult.

The support AAC and its lpartsin being suspended from the lid or eover 'B perni'its the Whole structure 'being jieinoved bodily 'from the cabinet "for inspection and ndjustmei'i-t and for fthe'pupose of reneivii'ig the reelsoi'A ticket stripes 'occasion requires, which is a convenience as ivell 'asi greatly sirnplifving the structure 'besides which there is little likelihood of chance disarriingen'ient of the partso v Preferably itis the ivislrto'eniploy a moi'- able part such as the slide M or its equivalent having a :portion such tlie'tonglue Poi its equivalent 'for ip'('sitively -ve'n, ragfjiii'2,1 the ticket strip. By this means` said'strip :if provided With p'erforatioiis ivill be ipositively moved or if' said ton'giie'is sharp'i'sb'asto bite into the strip, thoug1i"tlie engagement with a perforation is, perhaps,'tobepreferred This results 'in absolutely positive feed of the strip a distanceleq'ual to tli'e length o'f 'one ticket as hasbe'em'lescribed,'any suitable and efficient means, "such as those tleseribed, or the equivalent, beiiigiisedtoprevent the inward or retrograde .movement ofthe strip.

i may make-sugar eiiangeslinui'e entire ariangeiii'entof my vender 'Without departing from the 'spirita'nd intent ofthe invention or the appended'el'aiins Having thusl described my invention, l claim l. The combination in a device for vending separate detachable portions of a longitudinally perforated strip, of mechanism including a guide for receiving and guiding said strip, said guide includiii a tongue struck up therefrom pointing in the direction in which the strip travels, its point extending above the surface upon which the strip lies whereby said strip as it lies thereon is arched in a transverse direction, and a slide resting upon the strip having a tongue directed toward the strip in the samedirection as the irst described tongue, said slide adapted to carry the strip down over the tongue as one of the perforations overlies it.

2. A vending device including in its con- 'struotion a trough shaped guide having a continuous depression extending longitudinally of its bottom, and also having a tongue in its bottom having a raised extremity pointing in the direction of one end of said guide, and a member slidab'le within said guide including a tongue pointing in the same direction as the first said tongue and depending into said depression.

3. A vending device including in its construction two portions, one of them having a depression extending longitudinally thereof, and also having a tongue struck up there from pointing toward one end of such portion, the other portion being slidable upon the first and having a tongue depending into said depression pointing in the same direction as the first described tongue.

4. A vending device including` in its construction two portions, one of them having a trough shape provided with a longitudinal depression and having an upwardly bent tongue whose free extremity points in theV direction of one end, the other portion constituting a slide within the first and provided with a downwardly bent tongue pointing in the saine direction as the other to travel within said depression.

5. A vending device including in its construction a guide for a ticket strip having a series of perforatioiis extending longitudinally thereof, including a depression extending longitudinally of the same over Which the strip lies, and also including a tongue at one end pointing toward its other end to engage in one of the perforations, and a member overlying the strip having a tongue eX- tending in the same general direction as the first named tono'ue adapted to engage in one of the perforations and depending into the depression.

6. A vending device including in its construction a guide including a depression extending longitudinally of the same and also including a tongue at one end pointing toward its other end, and a member having a tongue extending in the same general direction as the first named tongue and depending into the depression.

7. A vending device including in its construction two portions, one of them having a longitudinal depression and also having a tongue at one end upturned and pointing in the direction of its other end, the other portion adapted to move above the first portion in a longitudinal direction, havin a groove in its surface lying nearest the said first portion and also having n, tongue turned in the direction of the same and pointing in the same directions as the first named tongue.

8. A vending device including in its construction a support, and two portions, one of them secured to said support and having a longitudinal depression and also having a tongue at one end upturiied and pointing in the direction of its other end, the other portion adapted to move above the first portion in a longitudinal direction, havin a groove in its surface lying nearest the said first portion and also having a tongue rturned in the direction of the same and pointing in the same direction as the first named tongue, and means carried by the support for limiting the movement of the second described portion with relation to the lirst.

9. A vending device including in its construction a support, a trough shaped guide secured to its under side having alt one Iend a tongue upturned toward the support and pointing in the direction of its other end, a member within the guide having a tongue dowiiturned toward the guide and pointing in the same direction as the first said tongue,

`means to shift the member with respect to the guide, and means to limit its shifting movement. i

10. A vending device including in its construction an inclosure for a longitudinally perforated strip, a guide through which to l direct said strip having a groove extending along its bottoni forming a longitudinal depression, and also having a tongue to engage one of the perforations of the strip to prevent the movement of the latter in one direction, and a manually operated member having a depending portion extending down into said groove and adapted to move along the same and to engage in one of the perforations of said strip, said manually operated member being groo-ved longitudinally to form an arched portion, the said tongue of the guide extending up into said arched portion.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB W. FIELD. Witnesses:

Rosooii HERGET, L. M. THUnLow.

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